# 119-hr-3813: Special Relationship Military Improvement Act of 2025

119-hr-3813, Special Relationship Military Improvement Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7] (R-TN); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3813
- Congress: 119
- Title: Special Relationship Military Improvement Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-06-06
- Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7] (R-TN)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: International Affairs
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Would exempt the United Kingdom from certain U.S. defense export licensing requirements when no bilateral agreement exists.** It would also preserve an Australia defense-trade framework while listing high-risk items that remain excluded from treaty-based exemptions. - United Kingdom: U.S. companies would be able to export many defense items to the UK without a separate bilateral licensing agreement. That change is meant to strengthen U.S.-UK defense trade. - U.S. exporters and manufacturers: The bill would reduce some licensing steps for UK-bound shipments. Exporters would still need licenses for items the law explicitly carves out. - Security and treaty scope: The text specifies that very sensitive items stay outside treaty-based exemptions. Those include complete rocket systems or unmanned aerial systems capable of carrying at least a 500 kilogram payload to 300 kilometers, missile stages and guidance systems, certain toxicological and biological agents and related equipment, and nuclear design or testing articles.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Easier defense exports to UK: benefit, low. If enacted, this bill would let the United Kingdom be treated like Canada for some defense export exemptions. It would add the United Kingdom to a short list of countries. It would also let agencies grant an exemption for exports to the U.K. without first making a new bilateral agreement. No effect…
- Tighten Australia treaty export carve-outs: cost, low. If enacted, this bill would limit which high-risk defense items can get a treaty-based exemption under the U.S.–Australia Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty. It would keep regular U.S. export licensing for specific items. Those items include: complete rocket or unmanned aerial vehicle systems able to…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-3813 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3813)

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- [119-hr-2243: LEOSA Reform Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2243)
- [119-hr-3631: VITAL Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3631)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3813 (as of 2026-04-21).